Time to have a holiday contest. I have posted a link to my Facebook Fan Page. The contest will be posted there with more information. Share my Facebook fan page with everyone you know. There will be two lucky winners to win a free holiday session in the wisconsin rapids area. Please see my Fan page for more information. Let the holidays begin.


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Meet Zach

Meet Zach.

Here is a preview of my Senior Session .

I took so many pictures of this handsome guy

I don't have a clue how anyone is

going to choose.

I enjoyed the several hours

that we spent together and I

am honored to have been chosen

to capture such an important

event.

I ordered my new promo cards today..

Now I just need to come up with my holiday promotion. Feel free to leave suggestions . What does the world want . More individual prints , more holiday cards? Coming up with a session plus.... deal.  Haven't figured out a price yet . How many holiday cards do most families send out? Feed back would be great. I will be posting my Holiday promotions just in time to schedule sessions for Christmas. So leave your feedback everyone. I know you are all reading.. time to start talking!!!

Warming up in studio with first test shots.

The weather is getting colder by the day. I thought I would take advantage of the bad weather and try some indoor shots. Maybe I am tooting my own horn here but I think they are amazing. I have a solid Black , grey as shown, and light blue backdrops. I have begun to pick up some christmas props as well. Cute little christmas bears, and I will soon be wrapping some presents and decorating a small tree for christmas themes. I am about to kick off my major advertising . Just waiting for the brochers. Space will be limited so book soon.

Building a dream day by day.

Hello everyone .Fall is in the air and I love it.  I have been so busy getting things put together for my new studio. I am so pumped. I will be posting pictures soon. So many things that have to all come together . I always wondered why the heck photographers charged so much for there services. After all it takes them 30 minutes to take a few shots and there done. Easy money right.. holy cow far from it. I can not even begin to explain how expensive it is to get just a few things to get started. Then there is all the permits, camera equipment, props, backdrops.. which by the way cost your left leg and some blood to. Then there is the this idea that people have..that I had.... that all photographers do is take pictures. And bam. They just made X amount of dollars in 30 minutes. Oh so not true.  There is the drive time if on location, there is setup, there is cleanup, there is the pictures themselves, and then... editing. You can never imagine how much time photographers spend post production.Some spend entire days proofing pictures and getting them ready to showcase online. So when all is said and done we as photographers probley make 5 dollars an hour. LOL. Sign me up baby.. because I would do this job for free if I didnt actually have to feed a family . I love what I do soooo much. Stay tuned for updates with my new studio pics.  And if your looking for christmas portraits.. I got backdrops on the way. And a cozy studio.

My Sweetest Customers Ever

These three dogs just might be the sweetest customers I have had yet. Hokulani ... In Hawaiian means Heavenly Star.  Very fitting for the star of the show . My trouble maker of the shoot. Can you guess which on of these three that might be? Thats right . The one smiling in the middle. Marley to the left. Appropriately named in my opinion for his mellowness. Very sweet and laid back. And Malia... my favorite. She just might be the most loyal and loving dog I have ever seen. I could have taken pictures of her all day. These three made my day . I had so much fun photographing these dogs. This photo shoot by far is one of the best I have ever had. The pictures are beautiful . I can't say enough. Except that I feel for the owners of the precious animals. They might need to take out a small loan because they will never be able to pic from the many many beautiful shots I have of these wonderful dogs!

fall in the making